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Todd and Amanda posted an update in the group
Gardening 8 months agoCucumber beetles are doing quick work of turining our cucumber and squash leaves into lace. Any and all suggestions welcome! Possibly helpful background: We till in our own compost/goat manure/waste hay each year, no chemicals, plant with the biodynamic calendar and put seeds in our mouth ala Anastasia.
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Diatomaceous earth
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You can gather some of the beetles, put them in a small amount of water and leave them there for a bit – tincture of beetle. You can dilute the tincture and then spray your crop.
You can take the tincture one step further and turn it into a homeopathic. Take one part of your tincture and 9 parts of water. Shake vigorously (technically…
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Steven replied to the discussion Gardening in the forum Gardening 9 months ago
Not an experienced gardener by any means, but my take on the ants is that they are neither friend nor foe. They just are. Just like everything else is. There’s a reason nature put them there, at this time and place, they have a job to do for the soil and surrounding life. If they aren’t hurting anything, I’d let them be! If they are…
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Lois Pratt replied to the discussion Gardening in the forum Gardening 9 months ago
I have the same problem this year and new issue in the garden! Just this morning, I spread diatomaceous earth around outside. Inside my green house, I use the combination of Borax, sugar and water on cotton balls and the ants come drink it. It took care of the aphid problem very well by slowing down the ants.
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Hulda replied to the discussion Gardening in the forum Gardening 9 months ago
If you don’t got no aphids being transported and harvested by them ants, sounds like ya got yerself a heap o’ aeration helpers!
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Erin started the discussion Ants in the Garden: Friend or Foe? in the forum Gardening 9 months ago
Ants in the Garden: Friend or Foe?
I know ants provide soil aeration due to their underground tunnels, but are there drawbacks to having an abundance of ants in the garden? My greenhouse beds are full of them and while my plants and sprouts don’t seem to be negatively affected by them, I’m curious about the experience of some of the more seasoned gardeners in this group. Thanks!
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Steven posted an update in the group
Gardening 9 months agoWe moved into this place last year, and this year we tore up the backyard to begin this gardening project!
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I’m intrigued by the building covered in plastic! And is there a tree in between two of the bed edges?
Ann-Marie
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Love it!! Good job!!!👏
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Ann-Marie Shapiro posted an update in the group
Gardening 11 months ago11 months ago (edited)
I have thin (1-2′ wide) long disturbed strips of soil next to a sidewalk installed last autumn by the city where I live (central IL). I rolled up the turf they plopped down and threw some very old short-grass prairie seed onto the land, covered it with straw.. what I’d like is to prepare to plant additional things but Im struggling to identify… Read more
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Bravo for your reclaiming of a strip of wasteland!
Have you looked into dog-repelling plants, like citronella, curry or plecthransus caninus?
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Sherri posted an update in the group
Gardening 11 months agoWell written and easy to read summary if anyone wants to share with open minded folks; who are still buying their produce at places like Amazon (nee Whole Foods) 😬🫢🥴: with Apeel/organipeel on lemons, Avos, etc; VZines in Potato, tomato, etc ;and supersized gargantuan bell peppers etc! Even the last lemons I bought at my local Coop had NO SEEDS…
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Lois Pratt posted an update in the group
Gardening a year agoView more comments-
LOVE this time of year with everything waking up!!!
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ooooh so wonderful! Been in 50s all week in north IL…getting much needed sun and garden clean-up…yahoo!
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illia posted an update in the group
Gardening a year agoElderberries and Yellow Annes, elderberry parchment painting.
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Hi illia! I was just rereading your poetic response 💜 it the season of frozen water here! Hope you are cozy and all is well. ❄️
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